Chapter 4. Hello. I did not die in case I worried you with the lack of posting. I was just on vacation so I guess I was dead to the world. Anyway enough chitchat here is the chapter.

Disclaimer: Camille is not mine. Everyone else in this chapter is. Get over it.

Spoilers: The Beginning in the End

"We trained hard, but it seemed every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization."

~Petronii Arbitri Satyricon AD 66~

Camille looked into the mirror on her office wall and sighed. She ran her fingers through her hair for probably the twelfth time that morning and studied the reflection. Though she took a certain pride in her appearance she was not a vain woman. Today she was wearing a professional looking green turtleneck with black pants and a black jacket. Her dark hair was tie back in a tight knot.

It occurred to her that this was an outfit she had not worn in a very long time. For many years she had work an outfit like this work, but in the past years she had stopped. Angela had persuaded her a while back that dresses were much more fun and they all knew who the boss was anyway. Of course the implied statement in that sentence was that she was not the boss in anything but name.

Strangely that had never bothered her very much. The way she saw it, the team would follow Brennan to the end of the earth regardless of what she did. So she had adopted a 'if you can't beat them…join them' attitude. She was perfectly happy to become a little less than the boss if it meant being a part one of the best teams on the east coast.

That was all different now. She was going to have to play the boss again and so she once again dressed like it. With one final tug at her jacket she left her office and walked out into the central area of the lab. The members of her new team would be there shortly and she should be there to greet them.

She slid her ID card through the reader and made her way up the stairs. As surveyed the room she realized for the first time that she was not alone. Turning around she saw a young man standing in the doorway to the lab. Camille recognized him as one of her new hires and descended the stairs so she could greet him.

"Dr. Saroyan," he greeted her politely holding out his hand.

"Dr. Webber," she replied just as politely.

"I apologize for being early," he explained to her, "but I haven't lived here very long and I was not sure what the traffic would be like."

"That is quiet alright," Camille told him with a smile. She had liked Daniel Webber when she had met with him for the job interview and she had liked him now. He was a qualified scientist but he had mostly been below the radar because he was not overly assertive. He was a quiet and polite man with dark brown eyes that looked like they had seen to much pain already.

"Hey Ca," Katharine called as she walked into the lab. Then she caught sight of Daniel and changed directions immediately, "Dr. Saroyan."

"Hello Katharine," Camille greeted the new lab assistant. "This is Dr. Daniel Webber. He will be taking over Hodgins spot." Camille added the last part only hesitantly but was please when Katharine did not let any prejudice cloud her politeness.

"Hello Dr. Webber," Katharine told him as they shook hands. "I'm Katharine Burn. It is a pleasure to meet you."

"The pleasure is mine," Daniel assured her and Katharine smiled.

"Hello everyone," a new and very feminine voice greeted them all, "I'm Elsie Dogood."

"Hello Miss. Dogood," Camille greeted the woman noting that Katharine's eyes had narrowed significantly. "This is Dr. Webber and Dr. Burn," Camille told the newest arrival.

"Hello Dr. Webber," Elsie said she walked over and shook his hand.

"Hello," he told her with a slightly more force smile than he had given Katharine. Elsie then turned to Katharine.

"Burn," she said coolly and her voice carried no trace of the friendliness it had carried just a moment ago.

"Dogood," Katharine replied equally warmly.

"I take it you two know each other," Camille said looking at the two young women.

"Yes," they replied at the same time each shooting a glare at the other.

"Right," Camille said deciding that this was a conversation better put off for later. That was a lucky choice because at that moment the new Forensic Anthropologist walked though the door looking like the King of the Lab.

"Dr. Saroyan," the older man greeted her seriously.

"Dr. Cramer," she returned in a tone identical to his. Her words were professional and carried no warmth whatever. Her interview with Matthew Cramer had told her that was his preferred type of interaction. He also preferred to be the boss, but that was not going to happen.

"Alright now that everyone is here," Camille started, "I will show you around the facility and then..." Her voice drifted off as she watched the doors open and a woman walked in.

"Are you Dr. Camille Saroyan?" the woman asked not bothering with any greetings. Her tone was all business.

"Yes," Camille replied matching the other woman's tone, "Who are you?"

"I am Special Agent Angeline Bennett," the woman replied calmly while flashing her badge in Camille's face for effect.

"What can The Jeffersonian do for you today Agent Bennett?" Camille asked with a layer of politeness covering her lingering annoyance at the FBI, who had recently told her they no longer needed The Jeffersonian's assistance.

"The FBI needs help on a case and they decided that you were the people to help," Agent Bennett replied. Her eyes flitted across the members of the new team and her tone clearly expressed her skepticism at the choice of her superiors.

Camille knew that as a trained investigator Agent Bennett would have picked up on the resentment between Katharine and Elise because it was about thick enough to cut with a knife. There was also the 'Kind of the World' feeling that Dr. Cramer was still giving off. They could not look like a competent team.

"Now that is really rather interesting because," Camille pause considering what she was about to say and decided better of saying it in front of everyone, "Can we discuss this in my office?"

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